If such generous young gentlemen came along every night his fortune would soon be made.
Ned soon left the shop far behind.

It was a fine serape, very large, thick and warm, and he draped himself in it in true Mexican fashion.

It kept him warm, and, wrapped in its folds, he looked much more like a genuine Mexican.

He had but little money left, but among the more primitive people beyond the capital one might work his way.

If suspected he could claim to be English, and Mexico was not at war with England.
He bought a sombrero at another shop with almost the last of his money, and then started toward La Viga, the canal that leads from the lower part of the city toward the fresh water lakes, Chalco and Xochimilco.